No comments about SYBASE Open Client/Server: Installation Guide for Sun Solaris 2.x (SPARC).

No comments about Quick Reference Guide to SQL (Quick Reference).

No comments about D Base IV 1.5 - Referencia Rapida.

No comments about Access 97 - Guia Visual.

No comments about Replication and English Query (Microsoft(r) SQL Server(tm) 2000 Reference Library).

No comments about Professional'noe rukovodstvo po SQL Server: khranimye protsedury, XML, HTML. Dlya professionalov (+ CD-ROM).

No comments about Sistemas Gestores de Bases de Datos.

5 comments about SQL Server System Administration (The Landmark Series).

1. This book is great for configuring your SQL Server out of the box or cleaning up an installation setup by someone who is less than knowledgable. It walks you around the common pitfalls and security gotchas. It does all of this with minimal fluff.

   Great for the people thrown to the DBA wolves without training.




2. This is by far the best SQL Admin book I have ever read. Bought 2 years ago, and I'm still referencing it. It's not your typical manual-style guide (ie, not Microsoft official books). It assumes you know the very basics, and explain concept behind it. So it's good for beginners, and intermediate levels DBA. Also great because of real-life examples.
   Lots of so-called guidebooks are merely a rewrite of Books online. And most authors barely know what they're talking about. Not this book.



3. After some guy on a Web site recommended this book, I went and bought it. Frankly, I'm disappointed. Were there pages missing or did old Mike forget about SQL Agent? With SQL Server 2000 on the street, much of what you see here is old hat. Current books cover SQL 2000. This one doesn't. For a guy that apparently spends more time on the newsgroups than he does actually using the product, the self-important style is inappropriate. Go and earn your stripes, Mike.



4. A book like this ought to tell you what version of SQL Server it covers, but it doesn't. Instead, we get one anachronism after another from the 7.0 days. The book should focus on the current version of the product. From the title, you'd never know that the book was so out of date. It's one of those books with a very early "Use By" date. Unfortunately, this one has already expired.



5. This book reads like it's written by a couple of high schoolers who didn't have their grammar teacher look over their work before it got into print. It reads a lot like the incomprehensible nonsense on Hotek's Web site. It also reads like the people who wrote it aren't actually SQL Server admins. It reads like they're consultants. I don't think these guys would know the daily life of a DBA if it jumped up and bit them on the a$$. Hotek in particular is a singularly bad writer. One sentence fragment after another litters his work. After seeing this, I will never trust another thing Hotek says.

No comments about Microsoft Acces 2000 Guia de Campo Con Disquete.

No comments about SQL Server 7 (Keeping Ahead).